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Standard Setting Should Remain In The Private Sector, Nichole Calhoun Jul 2013

Standard Setting Should Remain In The Private Sector, Nichole Calhoun

The Review: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Research

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The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is the body that establishes accounting standards in the United States. The FASB has a specific operating procedure that it goes through before it will issue a statement for a new standard. During the early stages of this process, a task force is appointed to research a topic of concern and a memorandum is issued to invite discussion. Then there is a public comment period, during which information from and views of interested parties are accepted and reviewed. Some parties that often give …